- Date
- September 22, 1981
- Place
- Firebaugh, CA · FIREBAUGH, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5345KRyan Navion
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810922060839A
- Case key
- 123850
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2412 81/9/22 FIREBAUGH,CA RYAN NAVION CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 267 TIME - 1605 N5345K PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FIREBAUGH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MENDOTA,CA WOODLAND,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: SPARK PLUG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNDER TORQUED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STRIPPED POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKCASE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD FLYING LOW,MADE 180DEG TURM,STEEP DESCENT TO GD.ENG MAIN BEARINGS-EXTREME WEAR,SCORING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5345K
- Reported as
- Ryan Navion
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Firebaugh
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5345K · 1
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